Description
Comfort meets elegance in this delightful wonton soup from China. Delicate handmade parcels float in a clear, aromatic broth, offering a perfect balance of flavors you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ lb (225 g) ground pork or chicken
- 20–25 wonton wrappers
- 6 cups chicken broth
- ¼ cup finely chopped scallions
- ½ cup sliced scallions (for garnish)
- 2 cups baby spinach or bok choy
- 2 tbsps soy sauce
- 2 tsps sesame oil
- 1 ½ tsps grated ginger
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp white pepper (or black pepper)
Instructions
- Flavor Fusion: Blend ground meat with herbs and seasonings in a mixing bowl, ensuring uniform distribution for a robust taste profile.
- Wrapper Preparation: Position a small filling portion at the center of each wonton wrapper on a clean work surface.
- Parcel Crafting: Moisten wrapper edges with water, fold into triangular shapes, and seal edges tightly to create compact, elegant wontons.
- Broth Development: Simmer a deeply seasoned broth, allowing umami-rich flavors to meld and intensify.
- Cooking Wontons: Gently immerse wontons into the simmering liquid, cooking until they rise and float, signaling perfect tenderness.
- Vegetable Infusion: Add green vegetables to the broth, letting them briefly wilt and release their vibrant essence into the soup.
- Final Presentation: Ladle the steaming soup into serving bowls, garnishing with finely sliced scallions for a fresh, aromatic finish.
Notes
- Perfect Meat Mixing: Thoroughly blend ground meat with seasonings using a fork or hands to ensure even distribution, preventing clumpy or uneven filling that could impact wonton texture.
- Wrapper Wisdom: Keep wonton wrappers covered with a damp towel while working to prevent drying out, which can cause cracking and difficult sealing during folding.
- Seal Securely: Press wonton edges firmly and remove air pockets when folding to prevent wontons from falling apart during cooking, creating a tight seal with water or egg wash.
- Broth Temperature Control: Maintain a gentle simmer instead of rolling boil when cooking wontons, which helps preserve delicate wrapper integrity and prevents potential tearing or breaking.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg